With the presidential campaign, those who began blogs during the
referendum on the European constitution or during the debates over the CPE
(contrat premiĂ¨re embauche â€”first employment contract) had
already chosen sides and announced for whom they were planning to vote.
The best-known, LoĂŻc Le Meur, had said as early as last year that he would
vote for Nicolas Sarkozy, an important endorsement for the candidate of
the right as Le Meur is also the European general director of Six Appart,
a blog server. Versac, another widely-read blogger, also came out in
favor of Sarkozy. But, proof that the blogging world does not like a
partisan point of view, those who name their favorite quickly lose their
readers, readers who rely primarily on the blogs of reporters and
editorialists in order to remain connected to the political debate, and
above all to have information from the sidelines of the campaign.

And this does not take into account the fans of politico-interactive
gadgets, a genre that has not yet reached its full potential. You can find
more and more humorous tests concerning the candidates, quizzes to help
undecided web surfers, for example www.quelcandidat.com or www.politest.fr. The sole function of
the most recent, www.presidentielles.net/love-test/, is to subject
the presidential candidates to derision: you can find out if you would
form a good couple with each of the twelve candidates by adding the
letters of your given name to those of the candidate of your choice.
Caveat emptor
...

Marion LagardĂ¨re is a French journalist
based in Paris. She is a contributor at ParisObs, the city supplement of
Le Nouvel Observateurand Radio RMC. This is her first
report for Culturekiosque.com
.